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Newsletter for employers
HAPPY NEW YEAR Welcome to the first issue of Bournville College’s newsletter
Issue 1 - January 2011
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Welcome to the first issue of Vision... This newsletter has been designed to keep our stakeholders and customers posted on the developments at the College.
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his issue brings you the latest about our new campus, funding opportunities and news from our clients.
It’s our first issue, so we would love to know what you think. If there are things you like or don’t like, things you would like to read about – let us know and we will do our best to feature it. Remember, it’s your newsletter, so we want your input so that we can make it relevant to your needs. May we take this opportunity to wish you and your organisation a prosperous New Year.
Page of contents... New build.................................................................... p3 Bournville College’s new brand.................................... p4 Apprentices on the right track...................................... p5 Theatre cadets............................................................ p6 Tracking students’ progress......................................... p7 Safeguarding in the workplace..................................... p7 Matrix Quality Award.................................................... p7
Publisher Vision is published by Bournville College. To contact Bournville College: Talk. 0121 222 5656 Write. bdt@bournville.ac.uk See. bournville.ac.uk Visit. Innovation Centre, 2 Devon Way, Birmingham B31 2TS
Editor. Jana Smidkova Talk. 0121 483 1182 Write. jana.smidkova@bournville.ac.uk
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NEW BUILD £66 million campus on the way... We’ve been talking about it long enough, so we’re sure that you know all about our £66 million campus currently being build at the old MG Rover site in Longbridge. To say that we’re excited would be an understatement, we have been literally watching it rise over the last year from our offices in the Innovation Centre opposite. You can now see the steel frames for all building blocks and the core of the concrete spine block beginning to take shape. The TECU gold cladding has been used to cover the façade on the Conference Centre, on the junction of Bristol Road South and Longbridge Lane – you can’t miss it as you drive past! With time, this material will gradually form a striking warm golden surface on the building and although it does not glitter, it is still unmistakably reminiscent of the valuable precious metal. The latest development on site has been the installation of the striking glued laminated beams, the main distinctive feature of the iconic new building. Thirty four 26m long glulam beams, each weighing 5.5 tons, will create the
frame for the Learning Resource Centre’s glass roof as well as providing a design feature externally. It’s looking good, so far, and most importantly, it’s on schedule to open in time for September 2011. The new six storey campus will have the capacity for over 15,000 students, featuring state-of-the-art facilities including a learning resource centre, conference centre, commercial hair and beauty salons, restaurants, construction and motor vehicle workshops and leisure and sports facilities. The new Bournville College is one of the first phases of the proposed regeneration of the former MG Rover car production plant, a £1 billion project spanning 468 acres. We’ll keep you posted in this newsletter as we find out more about the plans for the area.
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college news Bournville College unveils its new brand... In preparation for the big move to a £66 million new build campus in September 2011, Bournville College unveiled its new logo on 1st December 2010. Creative force - Steve Parsons
We needed to create a brand that would represent us and our values and aspirations in the modern age of education
The logo has been revealed for the first time on the new Bournville College’s website which has also been redesigned. The design of the logo reflects the shape of the new build campus in Longbridge and will represent a new era for Bournville College, an era of new beginnings, change, innovation and the 21st century learning experience at the state-of-the-art campus.
perceptions of the former logo. Their feedback was very useful and gave us a good indication of what we needed to achieve.
The new website doesn’t fail to impress either as it has plenty of interactive features as well as useful information to help visitors to the site make an informed choice about their future. In addition, potential students are now able to apply online, blog with the College and sign up for a College newsletter.
Steve Parsons, Bournville College’s Graphic Designer who was the creative force behind the logo and the website, added: ‘Based on the brief from Alma, the senior management team and feedback from the marketing research, I felt we needed to create a brand that would represent us and our values and aspirations in the modern age of education. I believe we’ve succeeded in achieving it and the new interactive website only reinforces that.’
Alma Aganovic, Assistant Principal – Marketing and Business Planning at Bournville College, who managed both projects, commented: ‘We undertook a thorough marketing research exercise before attempting to re-brand Bournville College. In the process, we approached our major stakeholder groups including students, staff, local residents and business clients to explore their
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In addition, we wanted to provide our online visitors with a website that would reflect the changing needs of today’s sophisticated internet users. We are confident that the new website will be able to achieve this’ added Alma.
Bournville College is due to relocate to the new campus in Longbridge in September 2011, ready for the academic year 2011/12. To find out more about the progress of the new build, visit Bournville College’s brand new website bournville.ac.uk.
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college news
Apprentices on the right track... Bournville College teamed up with Tyseley Locomotive Works to offer a unique apprenticeship scheme in railway engineering and enable young adults to gain employment with Amber Trains for the duration of the apprenticeship. The Apprenticeship in Railway Engineering (Level 2) enables apprentices to learn how to perform a range of railway track building and maintenance related activities. The programme also allows them to train in a realistic working environment at Tyseley Locomotive Works, the engineering subsidiary of the Birmingham Railway Museum Trust, but also helps this educational charity with their own railway track maintenance. With the apprenticeship’s 99% success rate, apprentices will be looking to take continued employment within the sector on completion of the programme. Sarah Benson (19) from Northfield who only left school a few years ago is enthused by the opportunity of receiving ‘on the job’ training. She said: ‘On completion of the apprenticeship, I’ll be able to further develop my career and over a period of time specialise in a particular area of railway engineering. There are over a hundred different jobs that I can specialise in - the possibilities are endless despite the railway engineering being a male dominated sector.’ At the end of the training, apprentices will be required to pass the Network Rail Personal Track Safety course as well as the Network Rail Track Induction. The completion of the apprenticeship will enable apprentices to start a career in one of 101 different jobs related to railway engineering.
Mark Palmer, Assistant Principal for Business Development at Bournville College reflected: ‘This is a great opportunity for enthusiastic young people to start an excellent career path in railway engineering. The apprenticeship sets them up with all the necessary skills and knowledge to maintain safe and efficient railway networks. Our link with Tyseley Locomotive Works benefits both parties and helps these young people achieve their aims, whilst also helping to satisfy the sectors’ workforce requirements.’ Bob Meanley, Chief Engineer at Tyseley Locomotive Works, said: ‘I am delighted that the partnership
with Bournville College has got off to such a good start, enabling some very promising young people to acquire practical experience of railway engineering which will hopefully help them to progress to fulfilling careers within the rail industry.’ Apprenticeships are designed to meet the needs of a particular organisation and tailored to the needs of a specific sector. Bournville College is a popular educational partner for a range of apprenticeships. To discuss the needs of your organisation, contact the Business Development Team at Bournville College on 0121 222 5656 or bdt@bournville.ac.uk
I am delighted that the partnership with Bournville College has got off to such a good start
Full steam ahead: Sarah Benson ?????????
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college news Theatre Cadets... Bournville College joined forces with Birmingham Children’s Hospital to help young people get on the career ladder by giving them an opportunity to train as Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs), specialising in anaesthetics and scrubs. The scheme has so far enabled four, soon to be five, youngsters to join the Theatre Cadet scheme. The 2 year training programme is underpinned by an Apprenticeship in Health, the theoretical part of which is delivered by Bournville College. In addition, the cadets spend 3 days per week at Birmingham Children’s Hospital learning practical skills from their tutors and mentors. This flexible and highly individualised programme will not only enable the cadets to start a rewarding career but also experience employment for the first time. 17 year old Sam Gardner from Bournville who previously studied BTEC Level 1 Diploma in Health and Social Care at Bournville College, joined the Theatre Cadets scheme in June last year. He said: ‘I enjoyed studying health & social care previously and this training was an opportunity that I simply couldn’t miss. Working 10 hour shifts can be quite demanding at times but the rewards by far outweigh drawbacks. I now have a clear career plan and excellent training under way that will help me with achieving my ambition of working as an ODP’. Theatre Cadets have now embarked on a new stage of the training programme, working in operating theatres whilst learning from their mentors. Mary Tasewych, Theatres Manager at Birmingham Children’s Hospital said: ‘It has been a challenge for us as a department taking on such a young work force and at first I think the cadets found it hard but they have all settled in and are enjoying their training. I would encourage other departments at BCH to take up this challenge and help to develop the young workforce’. Mark Farrant, Business Development Advisor at Bournville College said: ‘The College and I have been working closely with Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Left to right: Sam Gardner, Jake Ramsdale, Mary Tasewych, Russell Dale and Jake Jeffcott and their Learning and Development Team to run tailored and flexible apprenticeship programmes. The team at the hospital have enabled the college to be creative with delivery and run pathways for Clinical Support Workers, Perioperative Workers, Physiotherapy Assistants and now Theatre Cadets. It’s great that the hospital has given the opportunity to local youngsters seeking employment to become the next generation working in theatres helping to save children’s lives’. Sarah Redfern, Widening Participation Lead for Birmingham Children’s Hospital added:
This is a fantastic opportunity and a brilliant way of introducing young people to careers in the NHS. The theatres team have embraced this programme fully and I am proud to be a part of that process Bournville College is an experienced provider of employer training programmes and apprenticeships, working in partnership with many businesses. Contact the Business Development Team at Bournville College on 0121 222 5656 or bdt@bournville.ac.uk to discuss training needs and opportunities at your organisation.
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college news Tracking Safeguarding in the workplace... students’ Bournville College has a statutory and moral duty to ensure that the College functions with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults receiving education and training at the College or in their place of work. We aim to have fully inclusive and integrated ‘safer’ practices that apply to all learners and staff to create a safer environment for all. The College therefore is committed to the highest standards in protecting and safeguarding all learners.
All our staff have received Safeguarding Training and are available to answer any questions you might have. Please feel free to contact us on 0121 222 5656 or email bdt@bournville.ac.uk
Matrix quality award... The Business Development Team and Student Services at Bournville College achieved the Matrix Quality Award for Information, Advice & Guidance. This achievement demonstrates the high standards to which our services are delivered, both internally and externally, and also recognises a strong commitment to continuous improvement. The assessment process involved three days of evidence gathering by a Matrix assessor including observations, document reviews, interviews and forums with 55 staff, students and service partners. We achieved the standard comfortably with an overall good (8/10) for staff and learner feedback.
progress... The College launched VQMT (Vocational Qualification Management and Tracking) last year. The aim of this is to enable the College to capture all learner related data and offer powerful management facilities on reporting, including the Apprentice Framework, Functional Skills and Technical Certificate. VQMT has the ability to track learners’ progress throughout their course via a built in ‘ILP’ that can be monitored by college staff, students and employers if necessary. It is an important task monitoring learners’ progress that must be carried out frequently. VQMT offers the features required to record, track and provide evidence that an effective review procedure is in place.
Want to train you workforce to increase productivity, profitability and staff retention? We offer a wide range of qualifications to meet the needs of your workforce, including NVQs, Apprenticeships, bespoke training and ‘off the shelf’ short courses.
Short courses in the workplace We offer a range of ‘bite size’ courses that can be delivered at the employer’s premises. We also offer a tailoring service for training whereby we design a course to meet specific needs of an employer.
Apprenticeships Apprenticeships are designed to meet the needs of your organisation. This means that apprenticeship training is always relevant and it is tailored to the needs of your sector, by people who genuinely understand what you do. Training can be flexible, leads to nationally recognised qualifications and your staff will be supported to learn in the workplace. Apprenticeships last between one and four years dependant on which programme your employee undertakes.
NVQs We offer a range of NVQ courses which can be delivered in the workplace, to suit your requirements. Funding may be available towards all or part of the cost of the training, subject to eligibility.
Contact Public Sector, Engineering, IT
Business & Professional Services
Health & Social Care, Childcare, Housing
Who. Mark Farrant Talk. 07912 248 905 Write. mark.farrant@bournville.ac.uk
Who. Sharon Johal Talk. 07739 990 587 Write. sharon.johal@bournville.ac.uk
Who. Jessica Lewis Talk. 07702 369 023 Write. jessica.lewis@bournville.ac.uk
Talk. 0121 222 5656 Write. bdt@bournville.ac.uk See. bournville.ac.uk Visit. Innovation Centre, 2 Devon Way, Birmingham B31 2TS